Soldiers and police armed with machine guns raid block of flats in Manchester city centre

Heavily armed soldiers and police carried out a raid at a building on Granby Row in Manchester city centre (Image: Louise Bolotin)

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Armed police brandishing machine guns have raided a block of flats in the city centre as part of the investigation into the Manchester Arena bombing.

It's believed part of a railway line by Piccadilly Station was closed while the high-profile raid was carried out.

Residents at the block on Granby Row near Sackville Street say they heard a fire alarm go off inside the building and were greeted by soldiers carrying “machine guns”.

People living in the Granby House flats were evacuated from the building while officers broke down the door of one of the flats inside the building in the high-profile raid which happened just after 12.30pm today (Wednesday).

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A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Officers have this afternoon carried out a search at an address in Manchester City Centre as part of the investigation into the horrific incident at Manchester Arena. That search is ongoing.

"In order to do this safely we briefly closed a railway line, but it has now been reopened. was unable to comment on the raid at this stage.”